2023 Mileage: 3123.9
Today was a brilliant, spectacular day for a ride (one might even say perfect). When I began at 10:00, it was under a bright blue sky, with a temperature of 68° (that climbed to 78° during the ride). I did the Platt/Packard Square.
Additionally, I experienced a huge, huge joy, when I came across my friends Ron and Donna Cundiff. I first met Ron during a ride quite a few years ago (I want to say around 2015 or so). Then after they were married in early 2016, I had the pleasure of making Donna's acquaintance, too.
They winter in the south, and even up here during the summer, our paths haven't crossed in several years. At first (because of my beard, I think, which is new since I last saw them) they weren't sure it was me. But once we had established that we knew one another, we rode along together for a while, conversing as best we can. At Marsh Park, we stopped together and visited for a bit. Ron kindly caught me up on some of the health challenges he has faced in recent years, and after he said that now he was back to normal, I looked at Donna and then pointed at Ron and me and said, "But we men are never really NORMAL."
This gave me a ride of 13.5 miles in 1:48.
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